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CNO's LOG PLAN MEMO NO.124F called for reactivation of the USS GATLING (DD-671) decommissioned July 16, 1946. Reserve Fleet Charleston, SC.

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Proposed to begin Activation 05/20/51.

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CNO R-212031Z Mar 1951: Effective, upon reporting, assigned to DesLant in DesRon 30 to DesDiv 301.

Ship undergoing activation.

Ship undergoing activation.

Ship undergoing activation and preparations for recommissioning.

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1500 The USS GATLING was recommissioned by CDR N Harrel. 1510 CDR William J Keating, USN assumed command and custody of this vessel. 1515 The regular In Port Watch, Watch ONE was set. The ship is moored port side to the DORTCH DD-670 at Pier How, Berth 1 Able, U.S. Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC.

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Home port assignment: Newport, RI.

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0915 Tugs breasted the ship out to permit the DORTCH to get underway. 0931 Tugs moved ship, moored to Pier H Berth A. 1105 ROBINSON DD-562 moored alongside.

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0714 ROBINSON moved from alongside by tugs. 0814 JOHN HOOD DD-655 moored alongside.

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0808 Commenced dock trials. 1202 Completed dock trials. 1212 Underway for sea trials. 1522 Commenced maneuvering to conduct anchoring exercises. 1704 Commenced increasing speed to 210 RPM, 20 knots.

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1030 Moored to JOHN HOOD in Pier How 1B.

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SOPA is RADM J.P. Womble, USN, ComMinLant in HOBSON DMS-26.

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The ship reported to CINCLANTFLT and COMDESLANT for duty and was granted two (2) weeks restricted availability at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC.

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0759 Underway with aid of yard tug. 0825 Moored to Pier D 1A.

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0738 Underway for Charleston Operating Area. 0811 Moored to Pier F7 scheduled operations canceled due to gyro failure. Gyro repaired. 1257 Underway for Charleston Operating Area. 1907 On station with CK BRONSON DD-668. Commenced radar calibration checks. 2105 Completed electronic calibration and commenced independent steaming. 2155 Increased speed steadily to 25 knots.

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1124 Moored to Pier F Berth 7A.

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0600 Tested steering engine, test satisfactory. 0803 Underway. 1058 Commenced steaming at various speeds while conducting vibration tests. 1315 Completed vibration tests. 1629 Moored to Pier F Berth 3B.

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0825 Underway with assistance of tugs. Moored to COGSWELL DD-651 Pier Fox 3B.

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0739 Underway. Commenced maneuvering on various courses at various speeds with tug assistance entering the channel. 0748 All engines stopped. Engine room reported heavy rumbling in the starboard shaft reduction gears. Inspection showed the teeth of the H.P. Pinion and First Reduction Gear Pinion badly damaged due to some object passing through the gears. 0752 Engaged jacking gear on starboard shaft. 0758 Commenced maneuvering with assistance of yard tug and port engine. 0810 Moored to COGSWELL at Pier Fox 3B. Subsequent investigation and inspection revealed that pinion, first and second reduction gears damaged apparently by embedded file.

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0828 COGSWELL underway. 0837 Ship moored alongside Pier Fox, Berth 3B. 1855 COGSWELL moored alongside.

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0840 SMALLEY DD-565 moored alongside.

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Conducted dock trials 0917-1201.

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0703 Underway with Yard Vibration Team. 1128 Changed speed to 20 knots, commenced vibration test run gradually increasing speed for four hours. 1421 Tested smoke generator. 1847 Anchored in Charleston Approach Area.

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0558 Underway. 0755 Moored to SMALLEY. 1203 Underway to Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, VA.

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1610 Anchored in Berth 30 South How Anchorage, Norfolk, VA. 1939 Underway and anchored in Berth 23. SOPA is VADM Felix Stump Com2ndFlt.

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0741 Anchor aweigh. 1035 Completed running degaussing range. 1118 Moored to Pier 22 Berth 2A, Convoy and Escort Piers, Norfolk, VA. 1145 TILLS DE-748 moored alongside, McCLELLAND DE-750 moored to TILLS. 1220 EARL K OLSEN DE-765 moored to McCLELLAND.

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1254 Underway to moor to Pier 3-35 N.O.B. Norfolk, VA.

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1220 Underway. 1313 Anchored in explosive anchorage. 1335 to 1439 partially loaded ammo.

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0730 Continued to load ammo, completed at 1605. 1745 Underway, proceeding to Newport RI.

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1556 Moored to Buoy M-11, Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI.

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0837 Underway. Conducted scheduled exercises. Completed radar calibration. 1700 Moored to Buoy M-7.

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0702 Underway. Conducted scheduled exercises. 1532 Moored to Buoy M-7.

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0758 Underway. Conducted scheduled exercises. 1654 Moored to Buoy M-7.

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0732 Underway enroute operating area. 1010 Simulated gunnery runs on NIPMUC ATF-157. 1331 Commenced torpedo run on NIPMUC. 1348 Fired one torpedo. 1857 Moored to Buoy M-7.

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0858 Commander Destroyer Flotilla Six, Staff and Inspection Board from BRAINE DD-630 arrived, inspected, departed 1120.

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0859 Underway. 0936-1102 GQ. Proceeding independently to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Conducted general drills enroute.

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0800-0948 GQ. 1330-1431 GQ.

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1100-1310 GQ. 1400-1447 GQ.

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1355 Stopped all engines. 1407 Put motor whaleboat in water with crew and a signalman, rifleman and life guard watch. 1410 Held swim call. 1508 Secured swim call. Underway.

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0732 Moored to Fuel Pier F, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 1251 Underway to shift berths. 1326 Moored to Berth BB-3.

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0815 FltTraGru came aboard to make arrival inspection of shakedown training period.

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0714 Underway enroute operating area. Periodic GQ. 1624 Moored to Berth BB-2. 1700 COALBOUGH DE-217 moored alongside.

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0708 Underway enroute operating area. 1644 Moored to Pier Baker.

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0703 Underway enroute operating area. Gunnery exercises during 0903-1050 GQ and 1245-1412 GQ. 1740 Moored to Berth BB-2.

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0705 Underway enroute operating area. Firing exercises during 0805-1033 GQ and 1240-1447 GQ. 1719 Anchored in Berth 3. 1700 COALBOUGH moored alongside.

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0700 Underway enroute operating area. Plane guard for WRIGHT CVL-49. 1300-1440 GQ. 1725 Moored to DOUGLAS H FOX DD-779 at Berth BB-3.

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0650 Underway enroute operating area. 0900-1016 GQ. 1741 Moored to BELTRAMI AK-162 at Pier Baker.

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0648 Underway enroute operating area. 0900-1013 GQ during ASW exercises with ATULE SS-403 and LAFFEY DD-724. 1641 Moored to COGSWELL in Berth BB-3.

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6470 Underway enroute operating area. Gunnery exercises during 0741-0920 GQ and 1247-1655 GQ. 1816 Moored to Main Fuel Pier. 2007 Underway. 2029 Moored to GOODRICH DDR-831 at Pier B.

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0733 Underway enroute operating area. 0830-1005 GQ and 1309-1424 GQ. 1611 Moored to Berth BB-2.

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0535 Motor launch broke its mooring. 0545 Blanche L.T. SA fell overboard attempting to recover launch. 0547 Man overboard recovered. 0649 Underway for operating area. ASW exercises. 1707 Moored to GOODRICH at Berth BB-3.

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0657 Underway enroute operating area. ASW exercises. 1345 Moored to Berth BB-2. 1715 LAFFEY moored alongside.

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0800 Underway enroute operating area. 0830-1129 GQ. 1230 Moored to RODMAN DMS-21 in nest with HAMBLETON DMS-20 Pier B. 1605 HOPI ATF-71 moored alongside.

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0654 Underway enroute operating area. Gunnery exercises during 0815-0943 GQ, 1023-1144 GQ and 1315-1530 GQ. 1737 Moored to LARSON DDR-830 to Pier B.

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0645 Underway enroute operating area. 0830-0951 GQ. 1303 Fueling at sea exercise with CANISTEO AO-99. 1434 Anchored in Berth Easy. 1630 Underway, enroute Santiago, Cuba. 1900 Moored to RABY DEC-698 in Pier LaMaritima, Santiago, Cuba.

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1400 Underway from Santiago, Cuba. 1753 Moored to Berth BB-3, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. RABY Moored alongside.

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0959 Underway to operating area. Took station with WOOD DD-715 for scheduled exercises. 1355 Commenced firing anti-aircraft practice. 1409 Completed first AA practice, expended 20 rounds 5"/38. 1505 Commenced second AA practice. 1506 Ceased firing AA practice having expended 7 rounds 5"/38, 24 rounds of 40mm and 32 rounds of 20mm ammunition. Casualty at Mounts 42 and 52, apparently resulting from Mount 51 firing into the barrel of Mount 52. 1508 Commenced steaming at maximum available speed enroute Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 1546 LT J.I. THORN (MC) embarked via helicopter. 1630 Moored to Pier Baker. 1635 Removed all dead and injured to U.S. Naval Hospital with records.

1824 RODMAN Moored alongside. 1850 HAMBLETON moored to RODMAN.

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0714 RODMAN underway. 0740 Commenced moving ship. 0845 Moored to Pier Baker. 0846 KIONA ATF-72 moored alongside.

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1705 CROW DE-252 moored alongside.

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0658 CROW underway. 0724 Swung ship out from Pier Baker. 0730 LEOBA AF-36 moored alongside to Pier. 0741 Moored alongside LEOBA. 1600 Following men reported back from U.S. Naval Hospital; ROGERS J.D. QMC; ADAMS A.T. YN3; DILLON D.A. GMM1; CONDIFF R.G SA and STERN H.J. SA.

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0700 Commenced breasting out. LEOBA Underway. 0715 Moored to Pier Baker. 0814 Commodore E.K. Walker, ComDesRon 14, senior member of the Board of Investigation convened on board. 0950 Board adjourned and left ship to convene again at the Administration Headquarters. 1605 CROW moored alongside.

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0708 CROW underway. 1627 GOODRICH moored alongside.

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0725 Underway. 0755 Moored to BELTRAMI at Pier A. 1520 Following men reported back from U.S. Naval Hospital; BAUMER S.D. GMMSN and MCGUINESS F.C. SN. 1555 CROW Moored alongside. 1620 GOODRICH moored alongside CROW.

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0635 Glass P.A. GM3, Stern H.J. SA, Utterback A.B. SA, Piccolo F.A. FN, Coughlin F.C. SN, and Nezzer L.R. SN left the ship for funeral escort duty aboard the BELTRAMI FFT to Naval Hospital, Portsmouth. VA. 0830 Brested out to allow BELTRAMI to stand away. 0821 BELTRAMI underway. 0826 Moored to Pier Able. 1627 CROW moored alongside.

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CROW underway. 1536 CROW moored alongside.

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0806 Underway to Anchorage 2. 0826 Anchored. 1855 Biggs E.R. SA returned from Naval Hospital.

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0600 Underway for Philadelphia, PA.

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Conducted power run 1135-1535, attained 33.6 knots (380 RPM). Conducted structural depth charge test, expended eleven MK-6 depth charges, during 1617-1639 GQ. Commenced steaming up Delaware Bay Channel.

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0327 Anchored at Ft Mifflin, PA. 0547 Underway. 0606 Moored to Ft Mifflin Ammo Pier. Conducted ammo off-load 0720-1336. 1419 Moored to DORTCH Pier 4, Philadelphia Navy Yard for scheduled yard period.

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Underway in tow of tugs. 0922 Ship's bow crossed sill of Dry Dock #3. 1008 DORTCH crossed sill. 1027 DORTCH moored directly astern. 1055 Commenced pumping water from dry dock. 1500 Ship resting on blocks.

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Commenced flooding Dry Dock #3. 0910 Leak reported in after engine room at main injection valve. Secured from flooding. 1021 Leak secured. 1035 Commenced flooding. 1219 Underway. 1317 Moored alongside DORTCH at Pier 4.

Continued yard work.

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